In this dissertation, I study educational aspirations among children of immigrants in disadvantaged schools, the factors that influence them, and their relation to educational attainments. The dissertation is based on four research papers, each examining a specific research question using survey or registry data. In Study I, I examine the relationships between pre-migration status, post-migration social capital, and educational aspirations for young people in disadvantaged Swedish schools. High pre-migration status was positively associated with access to social capital, and both factors contributed to higher educational aspirations. This suggests that pre-migration resources influence the accumulation of post-migration resources, highlight...
This dissertation is a collection of three empirical essays on the economics of immigration and educ...
This thesis consists of five papers, related to each other in terms of study-sample, study-subject o...
This knowledge review looks into the significance of students´ socioeconomic backgrounds and their s...
High aspirations can be an important factor for educational attainment, especially for youth in disa...
This thesis consists of four self-contained essays in the sociology of educational stratification. S...
This dissertation focuses on the productive knowledge and skills, i.e., human capital, that immigran...
The dissertation examines the determinants of life chances among young people with immigrant backgro...
This study examines college students, studying their final year of their bachelors’ in social work a...
In this paper, we examine mechanisms that generate gaps in educational attainment and labor market o...
In this paper, we examine mechanisms that generate gaps in educational attainment and labor market o...
This dissertation aims to investigate the social situation at school for students that have migrated...
The main reason behind gathering a great number of immigrants in Sweden is its neutral advocacy in w...
The purpose of this degree project is to examine, gain a deeper understanding of and describe thefac...
This doctoral thesis centres on children of immigrant background, who live and go to school in a non...
The aim of this study was to pursue an investigation on the educational performance of immigrant chi...
This dissertation is a collection of three empirical essays on the economics of immigration and educ...
This thesis consists of five papers, related to each other in terms of study-sample, study-subject o...
This knowledge review looks into the significance of students´ socioeconomic backgrounds and their s...
High aspirations can be an important factor for educational attainment, especially for youth in disa...
This thesis consists of four self-contained essays in the sociology of educational stratification. S...
This dissertation focuses on the productive knowledge and skills, i.e., human capital, that immigran...
The dissertation examines the determinants of life chances among young people with immigrant backgro...
This study examines college students, studying their final year of their bachelors’ in social work a...
In this paper, we examine mechanisms that generate gaps in educational attainment and labor market o...
In this paper, we examine mechanisms that generate gaps in educational attainment and labor market o...
This dissertation aims to investigate the social situation at school for students that have migrated...
The main reason behind gathering a great number of immigrants in Sweden is its neutral advocacy in w...
The purpose of this degree project is to examine, gain a deeper understanding of and describe thefac...
This doctoral thesis centres on children of immigrant background, who live and go to school in a non...
The aim of this study was to pursue an investigation on the educational performance of immigrant chi...
This dissertation is a collection of three empirical essays on the economics of immigration and educ...
This thesis consists of five papers, related to each other in terms of study-sample, study-subject o...
This knowledge review looks into the significance of students´ socioeconomic backgrounds and their s...